Strategic Estates Project Manager: Sponsorship Available

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

To project manage projects and initiatives to deliver the masterplan, a key organisational strategy to enable the Trust strategy, clinical strategy and people strategy to be realised.

Main duties of the job

  • Day to day project management of masterplan and other projects.
  • Develop and maintain key programme and project documentation (for example business cases, risk register, communications plan, project plans, issues logs, equalities impact assessments, benefits templates and other relevant documents) Prepare, manage and evaluate options appraisals.
  • Ensure effective stakeholder management and communications to create key links both internally and externally, holding to account for delivery where necessary.
  • Work flexibly, diligently and autonomously to meet tight timescales.
  • Plan and manage project budgets and resources.
  • Support capital projects from feasibility through to timely completion and within budget working alongside project teams and partners.
  • Work with the wider Estates team to ensure projects are delivered compliant with relevant legislation and best practice.
  • Support planning and building control application processes for capital work To support the delivery of effective communication through leading focus groups, developing newsletters and other communication methods where required.
  • To provide effective leadership to and management of design teams and other consultants/specialists engaged for project deliveryChair and support project boards and working groups.
  • Prepare and present reports to diverse groups internally and externally.
  • Ensure engagement of relevant service leads or clinicians throughout the life of the project.

Person Specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATION S & TRAINING

Essential

  • Degree or equivalent qualification or experience
  • Project or programme management qualification or equivalent experience

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • Good understanding of outcome-based transformation and quality improvement change methodologies
  • Demonstrable experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
  • Experience working in the NHS, Local Authority, or Voluntary sector
  • Comprehensive knowledge of improvement and project management principles and methodologies
  • Ability to train user in best practice use of project management systems
  • Experience of managing, analysing and identifying opportunities from complex financial, activity and demand information
  • Ability to manage a diverse workload and to meet set deadlines
  • Experienced in the use of MS office – excellent Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills with experience of delivering presentations, chairing meetings, and producing briefing documents for a senior audience.
  • Highly organised – able to prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
  • Numerate and able to analyse complex issues, data, and information where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
  • Capable of explaining technical concepts in clear concise understandable terms to staff with different levels of understanding
  • Understanding of the management of change and what is required to support cultural change.
  • Ability to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities; and adjust plans or strategies to meet the needs of the Trust in a changing environment.
  • Able to work independently and in a team orientated, collaborative environment
  • Confident and an ability to motivate and inspire confidence in others

BUSINESS TRAVEL

Essential

  • Subject to the provisions of the Equality Act, able to travel using own vehicle on Trust business.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Essential

  • Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English to a standard which enables the post holder to carry out the full range of duties and responsibilities of the role effectively

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 18 October 2026

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